 | | Re: Crane —Ross Crawford
| | | | (...) Hi Erik, welcome to crane building! First thing to decide is how long you want the boom, and whether you want it to be able to actually lift things. A lot of short cuts can be taken if you only want a model that "looks good". The biggest (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Crane —Ross Crawford
| | | | | (...) Ooops! Lets try those links again!!! (2 URLs) Mobile crane> (2 URLs) Crawler crane> (2 URLs) City crane> <mobilecrane Mobile crane> <crawlercrane Crawler crane> <citycrane City crane> Regards ROSCO (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Crane —Erik Bush
| | | | | Thanks! Here is a boom idea that I have been thinking about for a while... <link (URL) What do you Think? (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Crane —Luis Hernández
| | | | | (...) Mmmm... i'm not exactly the expert in cranes (in fact, I've never built one), but I think you can use 2x4 plates instead of the 1x4 plates (this way you can get a solid boom instead of a parallelogram).. like this: (URL) (...) Luis (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Crane —Erik Bush
| | | | | (...) I have tried it and that is a good idea, but it adds some extra weight> (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Crane —Ross Crawford
| | | | | (...) Yes it does, but without the 2x4s, your boom will be able to shear - ie the parallelogram created by the beams & 1x4 plates only has friction holding it square, and a long boom built that way may fail. If the 1x4s are on the top/bottom it (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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